AT&T

AT&T shared its second quarter 2022 results on July 21, seeing significant gains in its mobile and fiber businesses. AT&T delivered subscriber growth near second-quarter record levels with 316,000 AT&T Fiber net adds. This brings total net additions over the past two years to nearly 2.3 million, including 10 straight quarters of more than 200,000 net adds. The company now has the ability to serve 18 million customer locations in more than 100 US metro areas with its fiber network.

The state of Indiana and AT&T are collaborating on a plan to bring a fiber network to nearly 6,100 homes, businesses and farms in parts of nine Indiana counties. The $13 million project is contingent upon a final contract between the state of Indiana and AT&T. Extensive design and engineering work will begin immediately following the execution of a final agreement between AT&T and the state. AT&T is also currently working with both Vanderburgh County and the City of Boonville (IN) to bring AT&T Fiber to those communities through public-private partnerships.

Navajo Nation first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet network expansion currently underway by AT&T. In addition to constructing new, purpose-built FirstNet sites where first responders said they needed improved coverage, AT&T is collaborating with Commnet Broadband, NTUA, NTUA Wireless, and the Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory Commission to help build out additional Band 14 spectrum and AT&T commercial LTE spectrum bands across more than 100 sites.

The city of Amarillo (TX) announced a $24 million project with AT&T to build its fiber network to more than 22,000 customer locations throughout the city. The project proposes providing access to AT&T Fiber for homes, businesses and government agencies in the city center. The project is contingent upon funding approval by the city of Amarillo and a final contract between AT&T and the city. Extensive planning and engineering work will begin immediately upon execution of the contract.

AT&T and DISH have entered into a distribution agreement that will allow DISH to offer AT&T Internet services, including AT&T Fiber with Hyper-Gig speeds, to prospective, new and existing DISH customers starting May 18, 2022. Telecompetitor reports that the DISH deal is for AT&T home internet services, including AT&T Fiber. It does not include AT&T wireless services.